Dual use display
First Claim
1. A display system comprising:
- a panel mounted within a vehicle such that a display face of said panel may be mounted in a first orientation to display information on a vehicle windshield, and is movable to a second orientation where it faces an operator; and
a control for said panel, said control being operable to determine if said panel is in said first or said second orientation, and reverse the information displayed on said panel between said two orientations.
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Abstract
A dual use heads-up display panel for a vehicle may be orientated in a first orientation wherein it displays information onto the window of a vehicle. The display panel may be selectively moved to a facing-forward position wherein it directs information towards the operator of the vehicle. The control for the display panel determines which of the two positions the display panel is in, and modifies the information displayed on the panel accordingly. The information should be reversed in a mirror image between the two orientations such that it is properly orientated when read off of the windshield, and is also properly orientated when read from the facing-forward position. In a further feature, a convergent optical system, which may be a lens, is placed in the path of the light from the display panel when in the heads-up position. The lens causes the size of the information displayed on the windshield to be reduced such that its intensity is increased.
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15 Claims
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1. A display system comprising:
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a panel mounted within a vehicle such that a display face of said panel may be mounted in a first orientation to display information on a vehicle windshield, and is movable to a second orientation where it faces an operator; and a control for said panel, said control being operable to determine if said panel is in said first or said second orientation, and reverse the information displayed on said panel between said two orientations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying information in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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(1) providing a display panel operable to display an image, said panel being movable between a first orientation where it displays information on the windshield of the vehicle and to a second orientation where it displays information forwardly towards an operator of the vehicle; (2) moving said panel to one of said first and second orientations; (3) determining whether said panel is in said first or said second orientation; and (4) modifying information as necessary based upon said determination of step (3), such that the information displayed in said first orientation is a mirror image of the information provided in said second orientation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A display for a vehicle comprising:
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a display panel orientated such that information generated on said display panel is directed onto a windshield of a vehicle, there being a light path from said display panel to the windshield; and a convergent optical system placed in said light path and between said display panel and said windshield, said convergent optical system causing the dimension of an image generated by said display panel to be reduced before being displayed on said windshield, such that an identical image will be displayed on said display panel and on said windshield, but being of a smaller dimension on said windshield. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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